Steve Evans is all set for game number two in the EFL Trophy against Wycombe Wanderers - and he knows it is a great opportunity for some of the less used members of his squad to stamp their claim on a starting shirt.

Boro drew away to AFC Wimbledon in game one of the tournament, losing out on a second point in a penalty shoot-out defeat.

Their final two games are both at the Lamex though and Evans will bring players in to show what they are about.

The Boro boss said: "I’m not going to tell Matty [Bloomfield] at Wycombe what our team is going to be.

"But he will know that several of the players that have been on the bench and that several of the players who were training really hard on Saturday morning, and who have played in practice matches, will be involved. 

"We have to respect the competition and we have to try and win the game because we want to be in the next round. 

"We've got a point so far but we need to try and turn that into four and leave it down to us in the last game. 

"Kane Smith will be back in action, which is great, Kane Hemmings will get 90 minutes and people like Harvey White, who we have not seen. 

"He's been excellent all week and he was in the matchday squad against Wigan. He's not been near it but he was in it then on merit. 

"Young Charlie McNeil, young Harrison Neal, these guys are crying out to play [too]."

And while patience has been needed with some of the youngsters, Evans cites White as an example of someone who just needed a small amount of time to get used to what was expected at the Lamex.

The boss said: "I said when we played at Wimbledon, Harvey had come in and been used to a lot of U23 football.

"As an experienced manager, [I know] there are lots of really talented boys that play in U23 football. 

"But it's a different type of football to what we play in the Football League, whether that's League One, Two or the Championship. 

"It's a different game, so it's very hard but Harvey is going though what Jake Forster Caskey went through when he came in from Charlton. 

"He took probably four or five weeks to adapt to how we played. 

"The recognition of Harvey getting into the squad last week was based on how well he’s trained and how well he's suddenly in competition for a place where he wasn't before. 

"That just comes from him adapting because I'll tell you what, no one will question how much ability the kid has got. 

"He is a proper player.  

"We signed him with the view he would be slightly medium term knowing it was going to take a little while to get in the team. 

"Harvey will prove to be a wonderful signing."